'Abdu'l-Baha Visits the West: June 2010

6/21/2010

October 12, 1912 -- at Berkeley, California

'Abdu'l-Baha talking to four students from India attending the university of California at Berekeley -- Mirza Mahmud translating. 'Abdu'l-Baha's entourage is seen on the right hand side: right to left: Dr Amin Fareed; Mirza Ali Akbar, Mirza Mahmud (translating) and Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, October 12, 1912

6/20/2010

At Stanford Junior University, California 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha and His entourage on the main drive at Leland Stanford Junior University in Palo Alto, California, following His address on October 8, 1912

6/16/2010

1912 Chicago -- 'Abdu'l-Baha with friends in a park

"I want you to be organized like a flock of the doves of heaven, whose attitude and conduct towards each other is a symbol of that which take place among human beings when human beings shall become willing to accept the guidance of the Holy Spirit." ('Abdu'l-Baha, Star of the West, Vol. 3, No. 4, May 17, 1912)

6/15/2010

At Green Acre

'Abdu'l-Baha at Green Acre

6/14/2010

At First Unitarian Church in San Francisco

'Abdu'l-Baha leaving the First Unitarian Church, San Francisco, Sunday, October 6, 1912

6/13/2010

1912 -- in Chicago with His entourage

'Abdu'l-Baha in Chicago with entourage, including, left, Ghodsieh Khanum Ashraf,

the first Persian woman to travel in the United States

6/05/2010

1912 -- 'Abdu'l-Baha at Helen Goodall's Home in Oakland, California

'Abdu'l-Baha walking in front of Helen Goodall's home in Oakland, California, October 12, 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha with some Baha'is in the grounds of Mrs. Goodall's home in Oakland, California

'Abdu'l-Baha at the children's meeting at the home of Mrs. Goodall in Oakland

station of 'Abdu'l-Baha

uniqueness of 'Abdu'l-Baha's visit to the West

"Until now it never happened that someone from the East. impelled by the promptings of his conscience, should come to the West to see the friends of God and to associate with respected individuals with such sincere love and friendship and without any political or commercial motive or the desire of sightseeing. It is without precedent and is not recorded in any history. If others have come, it has been to sightsee or for commercial or other reasons"

- 'Abdu'l-Bha (Words of 'Abdu'l-Baha, October 22, 1912, San Francisco, Mahmud's Diary)

“Look at the history of the world and try to find a parallel instance in which a native of the East has come to the countries of the West, particularly America, and called out to them in the churches and meetings there, raised the divine call in many of the large cities and invited everyone to the Abhá Kingdom, with no one taking exception. Nay, on the contrary, those present at the gatherings have heard him with patience and unbounded joy. These things have been achieved solely through the confirmations of the Abhá Kingdom.”

- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, September 13, 1912, Chicago, Mahmud’s Diary)